When guests arrived with balloons, a photographer, and a large banner displaying their teacher's face, the first and second graders at St. Francis of ...

after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ecologists and champion of the poor. It was a befitting choice. Pope Francis was the fiercest climate and environm ...

Going to Catholic school, we all knew our patron saints. Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi. Even at a young age, I thought it was a good fit due to my Italian heritage and my love and ...

In 1228, just two years after his death, Pope Gregory IX officially canonised St Francis of Assisi as a saint. Francis was declared the patron saint of animals and ecology due to his deep love for ...

St. Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone ... ecology lived out joyfully and authentically. He is the patron saint of all who study and work in the area of ecology, and he ...

he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval saint who founded the Franciscans, one of the largest orders in the Catholic Church. St. Francis’ tomb is situated ...

That's not surprising for a pontiff who was the first to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology. Over his 12 years as the head of the Catholic Church ...

The Vatican also said Francis had relayed in a final statement his wishes to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in ... named in honor of the patron saint of ecology, prioritized climate ...

The Rev. Matthew Tralies, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish ... which will revitalize their spiritual home and honor the patron saint’s legacy,” commented a community member.